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Leukata(s) Pr./Leukas Petra

a Pleiades place resource

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A promontory at the southwest shoreline of Leucas

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/695323976

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.561581, 20.541808

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Imagery Location after BAtlas (modern) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

None

Leukata(s) Pr./Leukas Petra makes connections with:

Leukata(s) Pr./Leukas Petra connection Leucas (island) (unspecified date range)

Leukata(s) Pr./Leukas Petra receives connections from:

None

Place type:
cape, promontory

References:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 54 C4

Details:

Menander (Fr. 258 K) suggests that the Greek lyric poet Sappho committed suicide by jumping from the Leucadian cliffs for the love of a ferryman named Phaon.

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Leukata(s) Pr./Leukas Petra: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/695323976> [accessed: 22 January 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/695323976 |title=Places: 695323976 (Leukata(s) Pr./Leukas Petra) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=January 22, 2025 8:08 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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